These problems confused me somewhat: --- INSTALL.~ Sat Feb 22 15:17:19 2003 +++ INSTALL Sat Feb 22 15:19:27 2003 @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ already in use, choose something else unique and see the --with-groupname below. + Make sure the 'mailman' user is in group 'mailman'! Otherwise + permission problems will ensue. + - Create an installation directory (called $prefix in the documentation that follows). All of the Mailman files will be installed under $prefix. Run "configure --help" for ways to @@ -337,6 +340,17 @@ % su - mailman % crontab crontab.in + - Create a "site-wide" mailing list. This is the one that + password reminders will appear to come from. Usually this + should be the "mailman" mailing list, but if you need to change + this, be sure to change the MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable in + mm_cfg.py (see below). + + % bin/newlist mailman + + Follow the prompts, and see the README file for more + information. + - Start the Mailman qrunner daemon, by executing the following from the $prefix directory: @@ -388,18 +402,8 @@ add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) - - Create a "site-wide" mailing list. This is the one that - password reminders will appear to come from. Usually this - should be the "mailman" mailing list, but if you need to change - this, be sure to change the MAILMAN_SITE_LIST variable in - mm_cfg.py (see below). - - % bin/newlist mailman - - Follow the prompts, and see the README file for more - information. - - You should then subscribe yourself to the mailman list. + - You should then subscribe yourself to the mailman list created above. 5. Customize Mailman -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO http://netherlabs.nl Consulting